emv@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (10/17/88)
Given that I have 120 articles in my alt.next spool directory, I would imagine that it's not too far out to assume that if comp.sys.next were to be created by some enterprising soul, that it would get some traffic. I'm collecting votes on the create of 'comp.sys.next'. Here's how you can vote so that it causes me a minimum of hassle: 1. Reply to this article, edit the subject line accordingly, and send it off. 2. Mail your yes votes to 'next-vote-yes@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu'. Mail your no votes to 'next-vote-no@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu'. This vote will adhere to the stated guidelines for new group creation, with the exception that if my poor Apollo becomes unusable because of incoming mail, I'll end the voting. (And after 500 votes come in as well, just because I don't have infinite disk space). Vote early ! Vote often !
tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) (10/17/88)
Ed Vielmetti ought to know the Usenet guidelines by now. Discuss creating a new group in news.groups; crosspost the call for votes to subject related groups if you want. And that's not how you run the mail ballot. -- Tom Neff UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff "None of your toys CIS: 76556,2536 MCI: TNEFF will function..." GEnie: TOMNEFF BIX: t.neff (no kidding)
emv@a.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) (10/24/88)
If you're interested in seeing comp.os.mach, let me know. Reply to this article and edit the header to reflect your preference, and send the result to mach-vote-yes@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu mach-vote-no@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu depending on which you'd like. If you have special interests in Mach, like ports in progress, lucid descriptions of interesting projects underway, programming tutorials etc., include copies of them with your vote. I would expect that the level of discussion can start out on a fairly high level if some basic tutorial/what is Mach questions can get out of the way. Followups to comp.os.mach if you've created it locally already, or news.groups about the general process of newsgroup creation. --Ed
emv@a.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) (10/25/88)
In article <1296@mailgw.cc.umich.edu> emv@mailgw.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) writes: >If you're interested in seeing comp.os.mach, let me know. Reply >to this article and edit the header to reflect your preference, >and send the result to > mach-vote-yes@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu > mach-vote-no@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu >depending on which you'd like. So far the voting is 59 to 2 in just about a day, so I'm comfortable in asserting that the vote will eventually pass the 100+ vote margin. Bill Bolosky was kind enough to point out that there's a mach mailing list run from CMU. Subscribe by sending mail to 'info-mach-request@cs.cmu.edu', and post to it by sending to 'info-mach@cs.cmu.edu'. The newsgroup isn't going to be created for a while, so if you're serious about mach, join the mailing list. As I say, vote early, vote often, and if you have good info about mach save it up so that it will go into the newsgroup (or mail it to me and I'll save it up). --Ed
emv@a.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) (10/26/88)
In article <1319@mailgw.cc.umich.edu> emv@mailgw.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) writes: >In article <1296@mailgw.cc.umich.edu> emv@mailgw.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) writes: >>If you're interested in seeing comp.os.mach, let me know. Reply >>to this article and edit the header to reflect your preference, >>and send the result to >> mach-vote-yes@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu >> mach-vote-no@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu >>depending on which you'd like. Progress report: I've been in touch (indirectly so far) with the Mach people at CMU, and they want to run the list like we do comp.sys.apollo here at Michigan - namely as a gatewayed mailing list. comp.os.mach will not be created except as a gateway to the mailing list. Don't create it otherwise. More info as I have it. --Ed